Love Doesn't Ask Why

Part 10

you decide, wasn’t right
I was stupid for a while

Scene: - Dawson and Gretchen’s apartment. Two months after Dawson has returned from Ohio.

Dawson enters to find suitcases and Gretchen sitting waiting for him.

swept away by you
and now I feel like a fool
so confused, my heart’s bruised
was I ever loved by you

DAWSON: "Hi." He closes the door and then turns round to see Gretchen. "What’s going on?"

GRETCHEN: "I’m leaving. I’m going back to Boston."

DAWSON: "What? Why?"

GRETCHEN: "For the exact same reason that we shouldn’t be together in the first place!"

DAWSON (puzzled) : "Which is?"

GRETCHEN: "Joey."

DAWSON: "What does this have to do with Joey?"

out of reach, so far
I never had your heart
out of reach, couldn’t see
we where never meant to be

catch myself from despair
I could drown if I stay here
keeping busy everyday

GRETCHEN: "Everything. This has everything to do with Joey. I can’t compete with her. Not even here, not even now with her on the other side of the country. I know that you probably would never admit it to me or anyone else, but you’re still in love with her. I thought that I could somehow change that or that us being here could somehow make things different. But I know now that I can never change how you feel about her. And I shouldn’t have to. I love you but I have to do this for me. I can’t just stay here on the off-chance that ..."

I know I will be okay
but I was so confused
my heart’s bruised
was I ever loved by you

DAWSON: "Shouldn’t we talk about this?"

GRETCHEN: "Why? Are you going to tell me that I’m wrong?" Dawson doesn’t say anything. "Because really that’s all that it would take, that’s all you would have to do is tell me you don’t love her anymore."

DAWSON: "I . . . "

out of reach, so far
I never had your heart

GRETCHEN: "Go on, tell me you don’t love her, TELL ME!"

DAWSON: "I . . ."

out of reach, couldn’t see
we where never meant to be

so much hurt
so much pain
takes a while to regain
what is lost inside
and I hope that in time
you’ll be out of my mind
I’ll be over you

GRETCHEN: "I know that you can’t do it. You can’t do it because it’s the truth. Because you do love her, you never stopped. You’re still holding on to what you had with her, you never let go. For all I know you might never let go of her. And although you may love me it’s not the same as your love for her. And it never will be. So it’s best that I just go now, my being here is just a waste of time for both of us." She stands up and with her bags walks to the door. "I’ve made up my mind and I won’t change it."

and now I’m so confused
my heart’s bruised
was I ever loved by you?

out of reach, so far
I never had your heart

DAWSON: "I AM sorry Gretchen."

GRETCHEN: "I know you are. I’m sorry too." She turns and just looks at him for a moment. "Looking on the bright side I got to see some of LA. And if you ever make it as a hotshot director I can always say that we dated."

DAWSON: "I wish that things could have been different."

out of reach, couldn’t see
we where never meant to be
out of reach, so far
you never gave your heart
in my reach I can see
there’s a life out there for me
** out of reach - gabrielle **

GRETCHEN: "I know that you’re trying to make this easier but you’re not. Telling me that you wish things could have been different doesn’t make this easier for me. Especially when it’s not true. Because I know that if you could wish for anything, anything at all. You’d wish for Joey to be here."

Dawson doesn’t say anything in reply.

GRETCHEN: "I’m going to go now. Bye Dawson."

DAWSON: "Bye Gretchen."